Edging roller



Dec. 29, 1953 A. w. SCHAEFER 2,663,892

EDGING ROLLER Filed Sept. 20, 1948 I 4 /a H6. II I I IN V EN TOR.

I V lzaiprlfiflmwii BY Patented Dec. 29, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT 1 OFFICE EDGING ROLLER Albert w. Schaefer, Los Angeles, Calif. Application September 20, 1948, Serial :Nmsogzis 4 Claims, (Gi ie-2'30) This invention relates to a paint applicator of the roller type. --More particularly, it relates to a paint applicator of the roller type which is adapted to apply paint along an edge, as along the edge of a molding or a door frame.

Roller type applicators comprising a roller rotatably mounted on a shaft and having a napped sleeve of suitable paint absorbent material secured to the roller, are advantageous because of cheapness, ease of application of the paint, etc. However, such paint applicators suffer a disadvantage in application of paint along the edge of a wall or the like, for example, where it is required to apply paint along the edge of a molding or door frame without applying paint 'to'the adjacent structure.

It is an object of the present invention to providev a roller type paint applicator which is adapted to apply paint along an edge or border.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a roller type paint applicator adapted to edging, which is simple in design and inexpensive to construct, and which embodies a removable napped sleeve which may be easily removed and replaced by another napped sleeve.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from theensuing description and the appended claims.

One form which the invention may assume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view, partly elevation and partly in section, of the paint applicator of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the napped sleeve used with the paint applicator.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the man her in which the applicator may be used.

Referring now to the drawings, a bent handle I is provided having at one end a hand grip i! and at its other end a shaft portion 3. The shaft 3 is of smaller diameter than the adjacent handle portion to provide a shoulder 4 and it is threaded at its outer end at 5. Mounted upon and secured to the shaft by means of washers l and a nut I l is a disc-shaped roller i 2, such roller b e ing provided with a transverse bore l3 of a diameter to provide a close fit with the shaft 3 but to permit the roller to rotate freely thereon. The roller l2 may be made of any suitable material but preferably it is made of a transparent plastic material such as Lucite. The roller !2 is provided with a peripheral groove l4 defined, at

2 its "outer edge, by a beveled flange I5 and at its inner edge by a flange 15a of considerably greater diameter than the flange I5.

A removable napped sleeve It is provided having a core or backing I! of any suitable flexible material, such as leather, and with an outer nap material 18 of wool or other suitable paint absorbent material. The core 4'! maybe provided separately, cut to strip form and provided with a separate nap material 48, which is affixed to the core in any suitable manner, as by an adhesive. Preferably, however, the napped sleeve is is in the form of an; animal pelt, such as a sheep pelt, cut to strip form, the core "I1 being provided bythe hide of the animal and the nap material J 8 by its hair or wool. "The ends of the napped sleeve are brought together to form-a seam at 19 and the adjacent edges are secured together-by any suitable means'siich as stapleszll, the staples being inserted tram the interior of the coreso that their free ends are located on the exterior surface of the core.

Seating staples 2| are also provided, as shown, being disposed circumferentially and nearer one edge of the core and being inserted in the same manner as the seam staples 20." 'The napped sleeve thus provided readily mounted on the roller T2 and, as will be seen from 1, the seating staples '2! are seated in the peripheral groove i l, thus serving 'to retain the napped sleeve in place but, nevertheless, fallowing ready removalof the same as by inserting a finger and pulling the nap on of the roller.

Referring now to 3, intersecting surfaces 30 and 3| are shown,'forming a corner, and it is desired to apply paint only to the surface 30. This is accomplished, as shown, by holding the applicator at about a 45 angle, midway between the surfaces 30 and 3|, and with the edging flange I5a adjacent the surface 3i and the beveled flange l5 adjacent surface 30. The napped sleeve It extends outwardly of the beveled edge 15 to provide paint applying material adjacent said beveled edge I5. The applicator is run along the corner while held in this position. Paint is applied to but not beyond the intersection or boundary 32 between the surfaces 30 and 3|.

A paint applicator is thus provided which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble and disassemble, and efficient for the purposes described. The napped sleeve itself is advantageous for the same reasons and because it is easily mounted and dismounted.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in its construction by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent is:

1. A paint applicator comprising a frame member includinga handle portion and a shouldered shaft portion disposed transversely to said handie portion, a sleeve supporting disc rotatably mounted on the shaft portion adjacent the shoulder on the shaft portion, a nut threadedly received on the end of the shaft portion for retaining said disc on said shaft portion, said disc having a flange disposed on the side thereof adjacent the shoulder, a flexible napped sleeve receivable on the disc against the flange, said flange terminating short of the periphery of the napped sleeve, said sleeve having inwardly extending protuberances thereon, said protuber ances being separate and individually connected to the sleeve and being spaced from one another so as not to impair the flexibility of the sleeve, said disc having an abutting formation disposed outwardly of and in abutting relationship with the protuberances on the sleeve to releasably retain said sleeve on said disc.

2. A paint applicator comprising a frame member including a handle portion and a shouldered shaft portion disposed transversely to said handle portion, a sleeve supporting disc rotatably mounted on the shaft portion adjacent the shoulder on the shaft portion, a nut threadedly received on the end of the shaft portion for retaining said disc on said shaft portion, said disc having a flange disposed on the side thereof adjacent the shoulder, a flexible napped sleeve receivableon the disc against the flange, said flange terminating short of the periphery of the napped sleeve, said sleeve having inwardly extending protuberances thereon, said protuberances being separate and individually connected to the sleeve and being spaced from one another so as not to impair the flexibility of the sleeve, said disc having another flange of a height approximately equal to the height of the protuberances on the sleeve and disposed outwardly of and in abutting relation with the protuberances on the sleeve to releasably retain said sleeve on said disc.

3. A paint applicator comprising a frame member including a handle portion and a shaft, a sleeve supporting disc rotatably mounted on said shaft, said disc having a flange disposed on the sidethereof adjacent the handle, a flexible napped sleeve receivable on the disc against the flange, said flange terminating short of the periphery of the napped sleeve, said sleeve having separate inwardly extending protuberances thereon, said protuberances being individually connected to the sleeve and being spaced from one another so as not to impair flexibility of the sleeve, said disc having an abutting formation disposed outwardly of and in abutting relationship with said protuberances on the sleeve to releasably retain said sleeve on the disc.

4. A paint applicator comprising a frame mem ber including a handle portion and a shaft, a sleeve supporting disc rotatably mounted on said shaft, said disc having a flange disposed on the side thereof adjacent the handle, a flexible napped sleeve receivable on the disc against said flange, said flange terminating short of the periphery of the napped sleeve, said sleeve having separate inwardly extending protuberances thereon, said protuberances being individually connected to the sleeve and being spaced from one another so as not to impair the flexibility of the sleeve, said disc having another flange of a height approximately equal to the protuberances of the sleeve and disposed outwardly of and in abutting relationship with the protuberances on the sleeve to releasably retain said sleeve on said disc.

ALBERT W. SCHAEFER.

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